Contrary to fathers' rights propaganda, father perpetrators (along with stepdads and caretaker boyfrends) dominate the most vicious crimes against children: sexual assault, abusive head trauma, murder-suicides, crimes involving gun violence, and other similar forms of physically violent/fatal child abuse. And as more dads are providing child care (either because mom is working and can't find other care, or because dads are increasingly getting unsupervised visitation/custody through the family courts), more dads are are being found guilty of basic child abuse and neglect as well.

10/25/15 -Because of severe time constraints, we are no longer able to do regular updates at Dastardly Dads. We will occasionally post articles on general studies on child abuse/domestic violence, news pieces involving abusive fathers in custody/visitation situations. We wil also be updating the Killer Dads and Custody lists, while looking for a better, more accessible platform for the data.

7/11/16 - We started this blog on June 24, 2009--just over seven years. And like all good things, it's time to bring this project to a close. It has served its purpose. We have close to 10,500 postings regarding fathers and child abuse, with hundred of those cases being enabled by the family courts, social services, and others in authority. The documentation is clear. It is now time to stop documenting and put that energy into changing the situation that puts thousands of mothers and children at risk every day.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The "investigation" is the usual Florida BS. This murder has nothing to do with being sad about being unable to be a good provider. It has everything to do with a classic spousal revenge killing--punish Mom for leaving your deadbeat @$$, so you destroy the one she loves best. Too bad this scumbag was provided child access. If he had been deprived of access, there would have been no murder. We need to stop giving unstable, violent fathers access to kids, especially right after a breakup when they are the most volatile. Dad is identified as JOHN MEDINA.

CAPE CORAL, Fla - The Lee County Sheriff's Office released a disturbing report on Wednesday ruling deaths of a father and his young daughter a murder-suicide.

On September 8, a car was discovered on the Cape Coral Bridge with its lights on and engine running.

The owner of the vehicle, John Medina was nowhere to be found, although a cell phone and wallet were inside the car.

Medina's daughter was found at his home dead of apparent strangulation.

A dive team searched the Caloosahatchee River and recovered John Medina's body later that morning.

According to the investigation, Medina had recently separated from the mother of the child and was desperate to salvage the relationship and was distraught about not being able to provide for his daughter financially.